Markets.com Vs. Plus500 - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


Visit 68% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 77% of retail CFD accounts lose money.
Overview
Markets.com is an international broker that offers share dealing and CFD trading accounts through their own proprietary platform or MT4 and MT5.	Plus500 is an international broker specialised in CFD trading with a big range of assets including CFDs based on American options.
Best For
Passive investors looking for share dealing services with the intent to hold shares over long perios of time High volume CFD traders looking for exposure to several markets using their platform, MT4 or MT5	Intermediate traders looking to trade short term Experienced traders looking to speculate using CFDs based on options
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 3 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) FSCA (South Africa)	CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) MAS (Singapore)
The Good
Clear separation between investors and Traders by offering share dealing accounts and CFD trading accounts Wide range of platforms (Proprietary, MT4, MT5) Wide range of stocks and stock CFDs	CFDs on american options offered Low minimum trade sizes Propietary platform with multi-charting tools
The Bad
Minimum trade sizes larger than average Spreads above average	No ability to remove leverage All instruments are CFDs, you can't buy underlying assets (real stocks or cryptocurrencies)
Status
Operational	Operational
Recent News
No fresh news at the moment. Check again soon!	No fresh news at the moment. Check again soon!
Key Data
⌛ Account Opening Time
1 day	1 day
📋 Documents Required
Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc) Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills) All documents must be under the account holder's name.	Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc) Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills) All documents must be under the account holder's name.
📍 Year Founded
2008	2008
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	$100
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller Paypal Skrill	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
11 - USD, EUR, GBP, PLN, SEK, DKK, NOK, ZAR, CZK, CHF, AUD.	16 - USD, GBP, EUR, CHF, AUD, JPY, PLN, HUF, CZK, CAD, TRY, SEK, NOK, SGD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, JP, CA, BE.	US, CA, CU, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 DMA Account
Yes	No
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
9,646	2,245
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
7,008	0
📙 Stock CFDs
2,008	2,000
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
67	70
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
28	25
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
40	26
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
466	95
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
25	14
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
4	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	15
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
1 Share	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
1 ETF	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC)	Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.001 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies by Commoditty (Eg: 1 Gold Contract)	Varies by Commoditty (Eg: 0.2 Troy ounces of Gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Varies by Bond (Eg: 10 GER10Y Bond contracts)	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Varies by Option (Eg: 5 contracts of Tesla Calls)
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
300	300
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	No
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	No
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
Yes	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	Yes
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
$10 each month after 3 months of inactivity.	$10 every 3 months of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
No comissions on CFDs. For share dealing, the first 3 months are commission free, then the structure is: EU Shares = 0.1% (min €10) UK Shares = 0.1% (min £8) US Shares = 2c (min $15) AU Shares = 0.1% (min A$10)	None
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 100 Pips	Dynamic - From 70 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 50 Pips	Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $1.81	Dynamic - From $5.2
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From $0.31	Dynamic - From 7 Pips
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $104.10	Dynamic - From $136
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	No
🔭 Stock Screener
Yes	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
No	No
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
No	No